Mr.
William Coleman, who was ever alive to new methods, arrived at the same conclusion.

It was agreed we should enter upon the manufacture of steel rails at Pittsburgh.

He became a partner and also my dear friend Mr.David McCandless, who had so kindly offered aid to my mother at my father's death.

The latter was not forgotten.

Mr.John Scott and Mr.
David A.Stewart, and others joined me; Mr.Edgar Thomson and Mr.
Thomas A.Scott, president and vice-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, also became stockholders, anxious to encourage the development of steel.